Connor's POV

As Connor fell head first into the water, he could hear Grace laughing. I'll get her back for this, he thought. At least he fell right next to the boat, other wise he'd have had to swim all the way to wherever the boat would be. As Connor reached the rim of the boat, he climbed up, after looking around for any sign of Grace, and sat down in the most comfortable spot, still dripping wet, because Jasmine had all the towels.

A few minutes later, Grace climbed into the boat with Jasmine and Lorcan. As Grace sat down on the bench in the boat she gave me a smug look, and asked him if the water was warm because she only has one swimsuit and it wouldn't keep her warm if the water was cold. So in return he motioned his finger in a rude gesture. Connor could still see that all three of them were trying really hard to not laugh. So he crossed my arms and asked:

''How long till we get to the beach, so I can dry off?" He looked at the others. Jasmine stifled a giggle but managed still manged to talk.

"A few minutes at most. But there's no point in drying off because we're gonna get wet anyway."

When they finally reached the beach, Connor was the first to hop out of the boat. Grace followed, looked at him and grinned.

"Having fun so far? We don't want to give Darcy bad news about tonight, now do we?" Grace asked. In response, he walked away to go talk to Lorcan. He must have beard him walking because he turned around and grinned.

"Hey Connor. That was some fall, eh?" He said. Connor laughed.

"You bet," he said. "Hey do you know who has the swim suits and stuff?"

Lorcan nodded and grinned broadly. "Yeah. Grace has them, and Jasmine has the towels. I brought water, just in case."

Connor groaned. "I bet she did that on purpose." I looked over at her and caught her eye. Laughing she pulled out the swim trunks. He blushed deep red.

"Were you looking for these?" She asked from across the beach, still laughing. "You might need them you know, if you want to go swimming."

Connor looked helplessly at Lorcan who was still smiling broadly. "Hold on, I'll get them because I anyway have to ask her something," he said.

As Lorcan walked over to Grace, Jasmine walked over to Connor and put an arm around his waist, and smiled.

"Well don't you and Grace get along well?" She said, rather sarcastically.

He grinned and put and arm around her shoulder. "Oh she's always been like this."

Jasmine nodded. "Uh huh, I see."

"I swear! I'll get get her back for throwing me overboard though. Maybe Oskar will help me with that since I know Lorcan, you and Darcy won't," Connor said.

Jasmine shrugged and smiled. "Who knows? Maybe I will, maybe I won't."

He shook his head and chuckled. Across the beach, we could see Grace and Lorcan giggling about something. Then Grace gave Lorcan Connor's swim trunks and kissed him. Then Lorcan walked away while Grace gathered up the rest of our stuff. Then she, too, began walking towards them.

Lorcan reached them first, and passed Connor his trunks, and he noticed Jasmine stifling giggles.

"Oh shut up, all of you. I'm going to go change in peace, so if you'll excuse me..." Connor mumbled, walking past them, towards the forest behind the beach before Grace got to them.

When she did reach them, Connor was already changing behind the trees. When he finished, he saw Lorcan coming out from the other end on the forest, changed and ready too. Lorcan reached the girls first and Connor saw him throw his shirt in one of the bags. When he reached them, Connor did the same and prepared myself for the laughter, which sure enough, came fairly quickly.

"Oh my god, you look so cute!" Jasmine said. Grace and Lorcan laughed even harder at that. Connor crossed his arms frowning waiting for then to finish.

"Are you guys done yet?" he asked, impatiently. Grace and Jasmine nodded, still giggling.

"Yes, I think we are," Jasmine said, giving him a kiss on the cheek and walking towards the forest to change. As Grace walked passed him, she patted his arm and said;

"Yes, you look as pathetic as I thought you would when I bought them for you." And made her way to the other side of the forest to change too.

Jasmine was the first to come out, then Grace, dressed in their bikini's, which looked almost the same. Jasmine had a worried look on her face, as she ran over to tell Grace something. When she reached Grace, she whispered something in her ear, and Grace frowned and shook her head and whispered something back, and Jasmine nodded still not looking convinced.

Lorcan must have seen all of this too, because he turned to look at Connor with a questioning look. He looked back equally confused. As the girls walked back to them, it was clear they were trying to hide their...what was it? Fear? Worry? What was in the forest?

Lorcan's POV

When they had reached the beach, Lorcan had a feeling something was off. He's been feeling that way about new places a lot these days. Maybe because of the whole war, even though they had won, and everything was fine now. He hoped, at least. But when Jasmine came out of the forest looking worried about something, he had a feeling something was wrong. Connor must have noticed that too because he looked curious at what happened too. When the girls reached them he asked:

"What's wrong? You guys looked worried about something."

Grace and Jasmine looked at each other and shook their heads. "Nothings wrong. Just thought I saw something but it must have been a trick of the moonlight, or something," Jasmine said.

Connor smiled. "Well if everything's fine now, what are we waiting for? Let's go swimming now!"

Grace laughed. "Is that your excuse for people not seeing your swim trunks because it'll be under the water?" Connor blushed.

"No, maybe I just want to go swimming," he mumbled. Grace grinned and shook her head, still not convinced.

"Yes, I'm sure you do," Grace said.

"I do" Connor said firmly.

"Fine." Grace said. This could be a long night.

Lorcan picked Grace up, and put her on his back and said to Connor:

"Race you to the water." Connor picked Jasmine up and put her on his back, and they began running, while giving the girls a piggy-back. The girls were cheering and laughing. Lorcan reached the water first and Grace hopped off his back, and kissed him, and he kissed her back. As Connor and Jasmine, finally reached them, they broke apart. Jasmine hopped off Connor's back and Connor gave her a kiss too. Lorcan and Grace looked away. Connor and Jasmine finally noticed them, and walked over. They all smiled and Jasmine asked:

"So where do you guys want to go now?"

Connor pointed to two big rocks in the middle of the ocean. "There looks like a good spot. And there's two, it's kind of cozy."

They all began swimming towards the rocks. When they reached, Lorcan climbed on one of the rocks, and pulled Grace up with him. Connor climbed up on the other rock, and pulled Jasmine up with him. Half of the rock was submerged in the water because their feet still dangled in the warm water. Lorcan saw Grace shiver, so he put my arm around Grace.

"We should have brought our towels," Grace said. "The rocks are cold."

"'The rocks are cold'," Connor repeated in a mocking voice. "Get over it." Grace gave him a look.

"What time do we have to be at the Nocturne by?" Jasmine asked. Connor glanced at his watch.

"A little before dawn. We've got a lot of time, don't worry," he said. Jasmine smiled.

"That's good," she said.

"So is it some deep dark secret or can we know too? What was really in the forest behind the beach?" Lorcan asked.

"Yeah, what happened, exactly?" Connor asked.

Jasmine and Grace exchanged a look. Jasmine nodded at Grace and said:

"In the forest, I thought I saw someone. I thought maybe it was a trick on the moonlight, but then I heard rustling of leaves too."

Connor and Lorcan exchanged a look. "What did the person look like?" He asked.

Jasmine shook her head and shrugged. "I don't know, I couldn't see it's face. By the sound of it, I thought it must have been a man...probably not an animal, though." Connor put his arm around her, and she rested her head on his shoulder.

Lorcan turned to Grace. "Did you see or hear anything too?" Grace shook her head. "No it was fine where I was...did any of you guys hear anything while you were in the forest?"

Lorcan and Connor shook their heads. "When we go back to the beach, we'll check it out.'' Lorcan reassured them.

Grace and Jasmine nodded their heads. ''Neither of you guys suppose it could be Sidorio or Lola or any of their crew, do you? I mean, we won the war, so I don't see why they should come back for any reason,'' Grace said. ''Unless...''

They all looked at her expectantly, encouraging her to go on, but she didn't. Instead she shook her head and looked away worried.

''Unless, what?'' Connor asked. Grace sighed.

''Unless Lola came to take baby Evil back.''